A 'hands on' Turks and Caicos Education!

Grade 2 has been all over!  From the National Museum of the Turks and Caicos to the very interesting Conch Farm.  

National Museum of the Turks and Caicos

 

                    Our trip to the Museum was much fun and very educational. It was wonderful to have seen so many artefacts that represents the TCI. What was truly awesome is that the children were be able to view and learn about such rich history!

The children spent their afternoon, doing a variety of activities at the museum. There were stations at which they circulated and completed different tasks. They made weapons used by the Arawaks, jewellery, completed a time line and created wanted posters for pirates.

                    It was a wonderful time at the Museum! Posters related to the Arawak’s were made by the students previously and so they had the opportunity to identify with pictures and information in the museum!  

Conch Farm in Turks and Caicos

The Conch Farm was a wonderful experience for the children! Not only did they see and learn about the life cycle of the conch they also learnt about the various art work and souvenirs made from conch shells.

  The students were thrilled to see them emerged from their shells and even got a chance to touch them. Our tour guide Mr. Denver was great with the kids and made it easy for everyone to ask questions. The students enjoyed touring the facilities and were excited to meet Jerry and Sally the farm’s two oldest show conchs.

  The day was ended with each child leaving with a beautiful conch shell souvenir to remind them of their wonderful experience at the Conch Farm!

The Providenciales based conch farm, was developed with a vision of pioneering conch mariculture that would benefit the region by providing jobs, stimulating economic growth, supplying a low-cost source of protein and protecting wild conch stocks from exploitation.

The Caicos Conch Farm currently operates on 10 acres of company owned oceanfront property and 65 acres of sub-sea pasture under lease from the TCI Government for 97 more years. The property includes facilities for egg hatchery, metamorphosis, and post-larval stage development as well as 80 on shore grow-out ponds and in excess of 150 pens in the off-shore sub-sea pasture.

The Caicos Conch Farm is now preparing to engage in a revolutionary and state-of-the-art form of environmentally conscious commercial fish farming referred to as off-shore deep water submerged cage farming. You too can learn more about the Conch Farm. All about Iguanas

Grade 2 also met many Iguanas! With the help of the National Trust Iguanas that visited the school, the children learnt all about the tagging system for all the Iguanas, which are indigenous to the Turks and Caicos. The children were engrossed in the sketching and design of their beautiful iguanas. We have many future conservationists in Grade 2! Now that is what we call a 'hands on' Turks and Caicos Education.